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  1. Each party’s climate plan fails basic economics

    So-called “clean” energy sources will not be able to entirely replace fossil fuels in the near term. ...

  2. Trudeau’s ‘Clean Fuel Standard’ will likely do more harm than good

    Appeared in the Calgary Sun, November 11, 2020 The Trudeau government’s proposed “ Clean Fuel Standard ” (CFS) aims to reduce annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from fuels by 30 megatonnes by the year 2030. According to the government’s website, the ...

  3. Climate change—to pay, or not to pay?

    Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, December 4, 2019 With the holidays fast approaching, you may have missed the latest (and final) report from Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission, a “group of experienced, policy-minded economists,” which admitted that all those ...

  4. Something is extreme—but it’s not the weather

    Prime Minister Trudeau said the federal carbon tax will help protect Canadians from extreme weather. ...

  5. Policymakers should heed lessons from Canada's carbon tax experiment

    Appeared in The Hill, January 30, 2019 Last week, many prominent economists in the United States penned an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal recommending a national carbon tax as the most cost-effective way to combat climate change. Yet their call ...

  6. Carbon taxes take a beating—north and south

    Appeared in the Calgary Sun, November 21, 2018 One hopes that Premier Notley and Prime Minister Trudeau have been watching events south of the border, where carbon taxes and wind/solar power advocates have taken major hits, and it’s clear Canada will go ...

  7. The carbon taxman is coming

    Appeared in the Calgary Sun, October 31, 2018 Last Week, Prime Minister Trudeau continued his fight against climate change with his escalating “pan-Canadian” carbon price, which will kick in at $20 per tonne in 2019 and rise by $10 per year to reach $50 ...

  8. Minister McKenna wrong on carbon pricing and growth in Ontario

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, October 24, 2018 This week, the Trudeau government announced plans to impose a carbon tax on provinces (including Ontario) whose governments are not currently planning to implement a tax themselves. Prior to the announcement, ...

  9. It’s time for Canada to reassess its climate policy

    The federal government recently unveiled its new national carbon pricing scheme, calling it a “backstop.” Under the backstop plan, provinces are given until 2018 to create their own carbon pricing system or Ottawa will impose its own. ...

  10. Trump introduces serious headwind to Canada’s competitiveness

    Appeared in National Newswatch, April 5, 2017 To the predictable howls of environmentalists, President Donald Trump has finally turned his pen on Barack Obama’s climate change policies. Signing an Executive Order (EO) titled “Promoting Energy Independence ...